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Proctor & Gamble originally manufactured candles before moving on to soap.

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath

Canola oil is actually rapeseed oil but the name was changed for marketing reasons.

On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

Crocodiles can't bite and chew. Instead, they hold their prey under water to drown it, then twist their bodies around to tear chunks off the victim.

Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper

85% of weddings are held in a synagogue or church

The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water

The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.

The average lifespan of a human taste bud is ten days

There are 50% more males that are left handed compared to females

According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year

The fastest moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.

There are five years in a quinquennium

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The study of ants is called Myrmecology

Americans drink about five billion bottles and cans of soda, and about a billion and a half pounds of coffee every year.

A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers

Harvard University's original name was Cambridge. It only changed when John Harvard donated 400 books to the school.

A female German cockroach can produce 500,000 young in a year.

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